[SGVLUG] OT: Throughput speed required for VoIP?

Emerson, Tom Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com
Tue Oct 11 16:16:18 PDT 2005


> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Dustin
> 
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Tom Emerson wrote:
> > [...I] recall the first "reflectors" [... or] (one of the first was
> > "cu-see-me", which was actually video, 
> 
> Remind me, is there a c-u-c-me client for Linux?  The only really 
> worthwhile teleconferencing software I've found is Gnomemeeting.

Well, let's search "cuseeme linux client" on google and see what we get:

Apparently, not directly -- here is a note [last updated in 97] that explains how to get "NV" [Network Video] to "work with" White-pine's CU protocol:

     http://www.santafe.edu/~nelson/cuseeme-linux/
Note: the author mentions a program called "q-seeme" for linux, but no details

A newsgroup item, also dated 97, points to an /alpha/ version of a linux client:

     http://www.crynwr.com/qcpc/msg00045.html
which further points to 
     http://www.pangea.org/~mavilar/qseeme/qseeme.html
which is apparently what the first link referenced

Ironically, the actual "reflector" [server] -IS- unix (and therefore linux) based...

     http://www.boutell.com/lsm/lsmbyid.cgi/000581

This page [warning: insanely annoying pop-ups] claims to have an actual linux client:

     http://www.ilovereality.com/Yikes/links.html



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